We bought a new f-150 super crew fx4 Lariat.
Since day one,we reported the tranny"slippng" under normal driving cnditions.
Well,they said they could'nt find any thing wrong.
ok,so it does it again..and again and again.
Sorry,cant find anything wrong.
Well 1 1\2 years later,still having slipping,off and on.We took it in again to the dealer...
We found a problem.
They say fluid is "burnt" with a loss of pressure and somethig about a clutch piece being bad.
They want to give me a rebuild.
My position is i want a new one. Not a rebuild.
Reported problem form day one,but besause they could'nt find the problem
We might have to go with the rebuild.
Sorry,not good enough,I paid for a NEW TRUCK.Not for rebuilt tranny.
What do you guys think?
They also said they "might" not have any new trannys for that model..seeng how its been a year and a half.

 

They are only required to fix it, not replace it.

Theres nothing wrong with a rebuilt transmission as long as they fix what caused the problem in the first place.

It kills me how people have some thing go wrong with their car and DEMAND that the dealer put new parts in it. When your dealer rebuilds your transmission it will have alot of new parts in it, Hes just not replacing every single little part. Theres no need to.

He identified what was wrong and I am sure he will replace that while he is rebuilding the transmission.


Yea, that was a year and a half ago??? What you should have now is a transmission that is a year and a half old. If he rebuilds it, you will actually be a step up.

I dont understand why you feel that its so important for you to get a "BRAND NEW" transmission?

If my transmission went out today and I didnt have a warranty, I would get my transmission rebuilt. I wouldnt throw money out the window to replace the entire transmission. Would you?????

 

It was bad from DAY ONE.
I paid for a new trannsmission. Not a rebuild.They should stand behind their product.
If it was defective,They should give me a New one that is NOT defective.

 

New,reman whats the difference. Ford puts all of the major parts in new and the rest doesn't matter. You are not going to get a new transmission for it unless you get it directly from Sharonville. On the other hand if they don't have a reman to send you they will just send you a new one.
Alan

 

You said They have no reason to replace your entire transmission with a new one.
They only need to replace the defective part "the bad clutch peice"
They are rebuilding the entire transmission so it should be in perfect working order when you get it back.

You have no right or reason for demanding that your dealership replace the entire transmission with a brand new one. There is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON for it. Your being completely unreasonable.

Thats what I think.

 

You have no right or reason for demanding that your dealership replace the entire transmission with a brand new one. There is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON for it. Your being completely unreasonable.

Completely unreasonable?
They said the tranny fluid was"burnt".
That tells me the entire unit was exposed to excessive heat.
Not just a bad "clutch-plate".
I want a tranny that IS NOT defective.Thats what i paid for,thats what i expect to recieve.
That is not unreasonable.
But thanks for your feedback : )
(ps
That was the main reason i avoided chevy,i had heard of some tranny problems they were having.
Looks like i made a big mistake choosing Ford.)

 

You are having better luck with the Jeep transmission? Only if it has the toyota unit can I believe that. You got a bad unit, tell them to get you one that wasn't built on friday next time.

 

LOL,Yeah,next time,there won't be a next time.
I spent almost two years looking for and waiting for the right truck,at the right price.
I am extremely disappointed with Ford.
By the way the jeep has 150k miles on it.
Not trouble at all.
My Nissan pickup i use for comuting has 240K miles on it..no trouble at all.
My A car F-150 Lariat that i saved for,with the leather and 5.4 so i could tow my boat.
:P
Right out of the blocks,less than 4 days after i brought it home.

 

Personally, I'd have no qualms with a re-maned trans. In fact, in my experience, I've had much longer service from one.

I would, however, be very disappointed in the dealership letting this problem go on for so long.

The reputation of a dealerships service department is way high on my list of things to check out when purchasing a vehicle.

Ask around when you go to buy another.

 

reman trannys are basically new... most of the time they will replace every part that is the culprit or seems to be... the other minor stuff that they dont replace 99.9% of the time will never be the cause of a tranny problem. its like blowing a cylinder and telling them to replace your ground cable on the battery. this will never cause u a blown cyl. so the engine will be basically brand new parts. and i agree.... if ford doesnt have one or thinks the money to repair it is too high.... they will give u a new one to save themselves money. my reman tran in my gmc has long out lived the orginal one.

 

Don't worry about the reman. They are rebuilt in a factory like setting with specific work instructions, so that if there is a problem in their methods, they're all bad or they're all good. Generally a factory reman is actually better than stock as it will have all of the current "bug" fixes. If there were updates to the design and parts, this would be done now. A new tranny may be one off the shelf, sitting there for an unknown amount of time, possibly updated or maybe not.

But - if they decide to do an in house repair of your existing tranny, thats a problem. It will be one guy with questionable tranny exp trying to rebuild it most likley from the Ford repair manual.

 

Both my F150's had slipping trans. I took the 02 into the dealer and they couldn't find anything wrong with it. Now it's past warranty. My 03 I stuck 37" tires on it so it wouldn't do me any good to get a rebuilt tranny as I have to make it stronger so I'll just wait til it goes out. I stuck a tranny cooler and bigger pan on it in the meantime. I've heard of SOOO many F150's with bad trannys.

 

blonde- y not get a factory tech valve bidy or something similar to strengthn the tranny you have?

 

You guys seem very confident with a rebuilt tranny. Maybe your correct with your assesments, however I have my doubts. Who is doing it and what exactly is being replaced....entire tranny, ok I could live with that. Just a clutch pack....NO WAY! Pieces of crap floating all over the tranny makes for a nice blockage in the valve body.

Netbum,

I feel for ya but why the Heck did you accept the dealer not addressing the problem a year and a half ago Get a new dealer to do your service work. I hope everything works out!! If they replace the entire tranny with a rebuild you should be fine.

Podunk,

You stated:

"It kills me how people have some thing go wrong with their car and DEMAND that the dealer put new parts in it. When your dealer rebuilds your transmission it will have alot of new parts in it, Hes just not replacing every single little part. Theres no need to. "

I kills you when someone wants what they paid for. I think were entitled to quality service when buying an expensive piece of machinery....It "Kills" me to think someone would stick up for this particular dealer who had the opportunity to evaluate and fix this truck over a year ago...only to have it fail now. Think maybe they don't have a clue, or possibly they were hoping it would make it until the warranty had expired...either way they blew it. Netbum isn't being unreasonable...he's probably pissed they didn't listen in the first place.

NO need to respond to me....your being added to my "blocked" list...It "kills" me how ignorant some folks are.

 

Dont you think Blocking me because you didnt agree with my post might be a bit " over board " ????


You sound kind of pissed off at me, Im not really sure why???


you said:

The dealers doing it under warranty.
If they were only replacing the clutch pack, it wouldnt be a rebuild.
Im also sure the dealer is well aware of damage that can accure do to burned fluid and metal debris floating around in the transmission. This would be why he is rebuilding the entire transmission.

You guys seem totally pissed at Ford and your dealer???

Stuff breaks? Sure nobody likes it, but its a fact of life. I have no idea what kind of reliabilty your F150 has given you, but I dont really think a bad clutch pack all by itself makes your truck a lemon. You dealer is fixing it under warranty? Your transmission failed due to this clutch pack so it shouldnt be a repetative problem.

Im not defending the Dealer as you put it, I just dont understand why a broken transmission that can be repaired to 100% operation is unacceptable?

If you go to the transmission forums, thats all you ever hear. Rebuild rebuild rebuild. Almost NOBODY replaces there transmission with a brand new one. Its a waste of money. You guys seem to think rebuilds are junk and arent reliable. They are no less reliable then the brand new ones. I mean, It was a Brand new factory transmission that went bad in the first place.

The Dealership is under an obligation to repair you car when its under warranty, And thats exactly what hes doing.

You dont hear guys that blow plugs Demanding that they get a brand new engine.